Atletico collapsed much worse than I expected. But we saw what happened to Barcelona, Man City, PSG, Bayern...
Switzerland has an interesting new generation. Just don't know if it's going to allow them to get to the next level.
Portugal is aging poorly in the middle, and the younger generation is still hit-or-miss. There are key pieces missing in Portugal vs other good versions of the past 20 years, like a truer playmaker like a Deco or an outside-the-box goalscoring midfielder like Maniche. But the wingers are still very strong and coach Santos patches for the holes in their defense pretty well.
Switzerland has an interesting new generation. Just don't know if it's going to allow them to get to the next level.
Portugal is aging poorly in the middle, and the younger generation is still hit-or-miss. There are key pieces missing in Portugal vs other good versions of the past 20 years, like a truer playmaker like a Deco or an outside-the-box goalscoring midfielder like Maniche. But the wingers are still very strong and coach Santos patches for the holes in their defense pretty well.
And I said: switzerland <<< Atletico
swag said: Portugal <<<<<< Juve (what you liked)
if we assume Portugal = switzerland it's: Atletico <<< Juve
if we assume Portugal > switzerland it's: Atletico <<<< Juve
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Agree with that. Still a hattrick against Godin, Gimenez, Rodrigo, Oblak and all those defensive monsters there is harder to make than against Schaer, Sommer, RR and Mbabu.
swag said: Portugal <<<<<< Juve (what you liked)
if we assume Portugal = switzerland it's: Atletico <<< Juve
if we assume Portugal > switzerland it's: Atletico <<<< Juve
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Agree with that. Still a hattrick against Godin, Gimenez, Rodrigo, Oblak and all those defensive monsters there is harder to make than against Schaer, Sommer, RR and Mbabu.
You a Sporting fan or FC Porto fan?
Imagine dropping Ruben Neves and Moutinho in the midfield and Felix as 10 in a system like Nuno's Wolves. But with Santos will always be William Turtle. I actually think we've got good players coming in year after year, the thing is that Santos is too conservative on this. He rather play always with the old ones that he knows for years than try to build a different system, tactically speaking I find him very limited as he fails to take the most out of the players he has available. Would rather see a manager like Jorge Jesus, even Mourinho or Leonardo Jardim take helm. He got us the Euro without knowing how to read or write but it's time to move on, the same luck won't happen twice. We win games from individual brilliance and Ronaldo's ability.
..that's important. Simple math.